I. ˈchīm noun
Etymology: Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask
Date: 14th century
: the edge or rim of a cask or drum
II. verb
( chimed ; chim·ing )
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound
b. : to make the sounds of a chime
2. : to be or act in accord
the music and the mood chimed well together
transitive verb
1. : to cause to sound musically by striking
2. : to produce by chiming
3. : to call or indicate by chiming
the clock chimed midnight
4. : to utter repetitively : din 2
• chim·er noun
III. noun
Etymology: Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French * chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal
Date: 15th century
1. : an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2.
a. : a musically tuned set of bells
b. : one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3.
a. : the sound of a set of bells — usually used in plural
b. : a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4. : accord , harmony
such happy chime of fact and theory — Henry Maudsley